Immigration Forum / USA Marriage Base / December 2005

Hi everyone,

I haven't posted much in the last few months, but I thought
there might be some interest in a near-completed timeline (as
complete as it's going to get for a while, because it's going
to be a long time before I meet the citizenship
requirements!).  I've pulled up all the timeline information I
have and am posting it together here in case it's of use to
anyone.

This is for a British citizen (that'll be me, then) on a K-1.  
I've split it up into three sections to try and make it
clearer for anyone who might be after a particular bit of
info.  I've no idea whether some of this procedure is now out
of date, as I no longer keep track of changes to the earlier
part of the process.

Part 1 - K-1 application
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* July 11, 2002: Received second NoA through TSC
* July 18, 2002: Posted all documents in one go (Bio data plus
IV15 and other stuff)
* August 7, 2002: Received appointment letter for interview at
London Embassy
* September 9, 2002: Appointment at London Embassy, K-1 issued
* October 2, 2002: Flight out to Austin via Atlanta on K-1
* December 15, 2002: Targaff and Sioneva get hitched in
Seattle

Part 2 - AoS application
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* March 22, 2003: I485/EAD application sent (confirmed
received 24/3)
* April 19, 2003: Confirmation letter (dated 19/4) received,
incl. EAD
appointment date
* May 1, 2003: EAD appointment at San Antonio BCIS office
* May 30, 2003: AOS appointment letter received
* June 17, 2003: AOS appointment at San Antonio BCIS office
* July 7, 2003: 2-year I-551 card received

[There's a bit of a break here, but there's some stuff that
may be relevant.  We left the US on 18 August 2002, as I had
been offered a place on a postgraduate course back in the UK.  
We submitted an AR-11 to change address; no acknowledgement
was received, but documentation has been sent to the right
place since.  I forgot to file for a re-entry permit because
we had trouble getting Sioneva a UK visa and it got put to one
side as a result.  I came back to the US for a visit on 10
February 2004 and submitted an I-131 at that point, which was
acknowledged soon after and then received about 5 months
later, valid until the expiry of my I-551.  Which brings us
to...]

Part 3 - Removal of Conditions
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* June 8, 2005: Submitted I-751 application and I-131 for new
re-entry permit, both to Nebraska Service Center (confirmed
received 9/6 and 16/6 respectively)
* September 22, 2005: Received confirmation that application
approved, directions to obtain new I-551 from Seattle office
(new re-entry permit was received around this time, too)
* December 22, 2005: Actually find out that application was
approved - boy is it a good idea to actually have these
letters opened!

The letter actually says not to travel outside the US until
you have confirmation that the replacement I-551 is being
processed, but since I was outside the country already I can't
really do much about that.  I'm back in the US in January, and
while I don't envisage any problems, I'll post in case this
does cause issues.

So there you go.  I hope someone finds this useful, and my
thanks once again for the advice of the regulars here.